Chinese Character 犴 Meanings and components.

Form

犴

Meaning

犴 meaning[3] in English

Jail.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 犴 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and old variant of … (干)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHMJ

How to write 犴

To write犴an4jail you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 干gan4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 干 = 犴

犴 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 犴 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 犴, looks as follow:

犴
Pinyin:an4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Jail
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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